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At the start of December of last year, there were no known cases of COVID-19 among the men incarcerated at the Northern New Hampshire Correctional Facility in Berlin. By Christmas, there were 84. The state Department of Corrections says it canât pinpoint how the virus got in. But now, a group of more than 40 inmates have signed a petition blaming the state Department of Corrections.
Thirty-eight year old Anthony Lantas was imprisoned at the Menâs Prison in Concord last year on a parole violation. In early December, as he was getting ready to transfer to the state prison in Berlin, he says he started feeling symptoms of COVID-19.
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Incarcerated men claim N.H. State Prisons to blame for Berlin outbreak
In this Aug. 17, 2011 photo, the 1,280 bed federal prison is seen in Berlin, N.H. The state-of-the-art prison is completed, but empty, as funding was not included by Congress in the final budget compromise. (AP Photo/Jim Cole) Jim Cole AP
The federal prison is seen tucked away in the mountains in Berlin, N.H. Inmates at the nearby state prison say inadequate coronavirus precautions were used with transfers. Jim Cole / AP file
Published: 5/7/2021 2:03:44 PM
At the start of December of last year, there were no known cases of COVID-19 among the men incarcerated at the Northern New Hampshire Correctional Facility in Berlin. By Christmas, there were 84. The state Department of Corrections says it can’t pinpoint how the virus got in. But now, a group of more than 40 inmates has signed a petition blaming the state Department of Corrections.